Shahira Amin

Shahira Amin

Shahira Amin is an award winning journalist based in Cairo, Egypt. Former Deputy Head of Nile TV and one of the channel's senior anchors/correspondents , she quit her job at the height of the 2011 uprising to protest censorship. Amin has worked as a longtime contributor to CNN's Inside Africa and has produced several documentaries for various UN agencies. She currently works as a freelancer , contributing to Freemuse, Index on Censorship and Al Monitor Egypt Pulse.